To access the search tool click the highlighted "Search" link found in the menu on the upper left-hand side of most website pages.

This tool will help you locate warmshowers members as well as content on the website. You may select one of the following three tabs:

• member names and cities: choose this tab if you know the member's name or the city/town they reside in.
• username: choose this tab if you know the username of the member you are looking for
• content: choose this tab if you are not looking for a member but rather a page on the website

After typing in the appropriate search term(s) click on "Search" and the results should soon appear.

If you used the search tool to locate a member's account simply click on the member's name in the search results and you will be transferred to their account page.

There's a writeup on using the map here.

Yes, the map uses a lot of bandwidth and processing power, and if it's too painful to wait for it, you may want to try the List members on one page feature to list all the members in the geographic area you're looking at, or the Search for members feature to look for a specific city or town. The map is a nice feature, but it doesn't work well on very slow computers or internet connections.

First, please make sure that all your address information is correct (go to "my account" on the menu). If you have provided at least a partial address, particularly with the postal code, that will usually give an approximate (and sometimes very accurate) location.
If that doesn't do it, please set your own location on the map. Go to "my account" and click on the "map my location" tab. Zoom in or out, move around, and click where you actually live, and then press the "submit" button.

Yes, you have the option to receive an email automatically when new content appears on the website. FeedBurner is the name of this subscription service. Please click on this link to subscribe to this service.

The most common type of new content is a new post made in a forum. If you wish to respond to this post, please remember that you must log in to the website and go to that forum page to add your comment (clicking the "reply" button in your email application and typing in your response will NOT do this for you).

Unfortunately FeedBurner is not configured to permit email address changes. Instead you must go through the following procedure when you have a new email address:

1. Unsubscribe from FeedBurner: At the bottom of every email FeedBurner sends there is a link to unsubscribe from their service. Simply click on this link and follow the instructions
2. Re-subscribe to FeedBurner with your new email address: Click on this link to go to the webpage where you can re-subscribe to FeedBurner using your new email address